Steven L. Lamy is Professor Emeritus of International Relations, Environmental Studies, and Spatial Sciences in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California. John S. Masker is Associate Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Temple University. John Baylis is Emeritus Professor at Swansea University. Sir Steve Smith is Vice Chancellor and Professor of International Relations at the University of Exeter. Patricia Owens is Professor of International Relations and Fellow of Somerville College at the University of Oxford.

• About the AuthorsMaps of the WorldPreface PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF GLOBAL POLITICS CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL POLITICS: John Baylis, Anthony McGrew, Steve Smith, Steven L. Lamy, and John MaskerIntroductionInternational Relations and Global PoliticsGlobal ActorsGlobal IssuesTheories of Global PoliticsWhat Are Theories?Theoretical Traditions in International RelationsThe Rise of RealismRival TheoriesResearch Approaches: Historical, Social Scientific, and ConstructivistThe Historical ApproachThe Social Scientific Approach: Levels of AnalysisThe Constructivist ApproachDimensions of GlobalizationConclusionWHAT'S TRENDING? The End of Peace?THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Understanding and Resolving International Conflicts CHAPTER 2. THE EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL POLITICS: David Armstrong, Michael Cox, Len Schoot, Steven L. Lamy, and John MaskerIntroductionThe Significance of the Peace of WestphaliaRevolutionary WarsWorld Wars: Modern and TotalLegacies and Consequences of European ColonialismCol WarOnset of the Cold WarConflict, Confrontration, and CompromiseThe Rise and Fall of DetenteFrom Detente to a Second Cold WarFrom the End of the Cold War to the War on TerrorismGlobalization: Challenging the International Order?From Superpower to Hyperpower: US PrimacyEurope in the New World SystemRussia: From Yeltsin to PutinEast Asia: Primed from Rivalry?Latin America: Becoming Global PlayersThe War on Terrorism: From 9/11 to Iraq, Afghanistan, and SyriaConclusionFEATURESTHEORY IN PRACTICE Percenption, Continuity, and Change After January 20, 2009CASE STUDY The Forgotten Genocides: German Colonialism After the Berlin ConferenceWHAT'S TRENDING? The End of Peace?THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Understanding and Resolving International Conflicts CHAPTER 3. REALISM, LIBERALISM, AND CRITICAL THEORIES: Tim Dunne, Brian C. Schmidt, Stephen Hobden, Richard Wyn Jones, Steve Smith, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker IntroductionWhat Is Realism?The Essential RealismStatismSurvivalSelf-HelpOne Realism or Many?Classical RealismStructural Realism, or NeorealismContemporary Realist Challenges to Structural RealismWhat Theory Tells Us About PolicyWhat Is Liberalism?Defining LiberalismThe Essential LiberalismNeoliberalismLiberalism in PracticeWhat Theory Tells Us About PolicyCritical TheoriesThe Essential MarxismThird World SocialistsFeminist TheoryWhat Theory Tells Us About PolicyConstructivismConclusionFEATURES CASE STUDY The Power of Ideas: Politics and NeoliberalismTHEORY IN PRACTICE What Makes a Theory <"Alternative> " or Critical?THEORY IN PRACTICE Jane Addams and the Women's International League for Peace and FreedomWHAT'S TRENDING? Will Capitalism Survive?THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS The Melian Dialogue: Realism and the Preparation for War PART II: GLOBAL ACTORS CHAPTER 4. MAKING FOREIGN POLICY: Steven L. Lamy and John Masker IntroductionWhat Is Foreign Policy?States, Nationalism, and National InterestsForeign Policy from Different PerspectivesWho Makes Foreign Policy?What Do We Expect From Foreign Policy?Levels of Analysis in Foreign PolicyIndividual Factors, or the Human DimensionNational Factors, or Domestic AttributesSystemic Factors, or the Nature of the International SystemGlobal FactorsThe Foreign Policy ProcessPhase One: Initiation or ArticulationPhase Two: The Formulation of Foreign PolicyPhase Three: Foreign Policy ImplementationPhase Four: Foreign Policy EvaluationForeign Policy Strategies and ToolsSticks: Military and Economic ToolsCarrots: Foreign AssistanceSermons: Diplomatic Messaging and the Use of All Forms of MediaSoft, Smart, and Hard Power in Foreign PolicyForeign Policy Styles and TraditionsGreat-Power Foreign PolicyMiddle-Power Foreign PolicySmall-State Foreign PolicyConclusionFEATURES CASE STUDY RefugeesCASE STUDY Geopolitics in the COVID-19 Era: Vaccine Diplomacy and Competition for Global InfluenceTHEORY IN PRACTICE The Impact of Globalization on Different Kinds of StatesWHAT'S TRENDING? Women Do MatterTHINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Designing a New World Order CHAPTER 5. GLOBAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNANCE : Devon Curtis, Christian Reus-Smit, Paul Taylor, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker IntroductionInternational LawInternational Order and InstitutionsCriticisms of International LawFrom International to Supranational Law?The United NationsA Brief History of the United NationsThe UN's Principal OrgansThe Security CouncilGrowth in UN MembershipThe General AssemblyThe SecretariatThe Economic and Social CouncilThe Trusteeship CouncilThe International Court of JusticeMaintenance of International Peace and SecurityIncreased Attention to Conditions Within StatesIntervention Within StatesEconomic and Social QuestionsThe Reform Process of the United NationsCountry LevelHeadquarters LevelThe European Union and Other Regional OrganizationsThe Process of European IntegrationOther Regional Actors: The African Union, the Organization of American States, The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and the Arab LeagueThe African UnionOrganization of American StatesThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)Arab LeagueChina as a Leader of Global InstitutionsThe Growth of Global Civil SocietyMultinational CorporationsINGOs as Global Political ActorsSources of INGO PowerForms of INGO PowerInformation PoliticsSymbolic PoliticsLeverage PoliticsAccountability PoliticsGlobal Campaign PoliticsCelebrity DiplomacyFoundations and Think TanksCriminal and Terrorist Networks as Global ActorsConclusionFEATURES THEORY IN PRACTICE Neoconservatives and the United NationsCASE STUDY Democratic Diplomacy: The Ottawa Process and Treaty to Ban LandminesTHEORY IN PRACTICE NGOs and Protecting the Rights of ChildrenWHAT'S TRENDING? A World Order Without Arms?THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Who Could Help Tomorrow? Twenty Global Problems and Global Issues Networks PART III: GLOBAL ISSUES CHAPTER 6. GLOBAL SECURITY, MILITARY POWER, AND TERRORISM : John Baylis, Darryl Howlett, James D. Kiras, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker IntroductionWhat Is <"Security> "?Mainstream and Critical Approaches to SecurityRealist and Neorealist Views on Global SecurityLiberal Institutionalist Views on Global SecurityThe Constructivist Approach to Global SecurityThe Feminist Approach to Global SecurityMarxist and Radical Liberal or Utopian Approaches to SecurityThe Changing Character of WarThe Nature of WarThe Revolution in Military AffairsHybrid WarfarePostmodern WarGlobalization and New WarsNew Roles for NATO?Nuclear Proliferation and NonproliferationProliferation Optimism and PessimismNuclear Weapons EffectsThe Current Nuclear AgeNuclear MotivationsNuclear Capabilities and IntentionsGreat Power Security and StrategyUnited StatesChinaRussiaThe European UnionTerrorism and ExtremismTerrorism: From Domestic to Global PhenomenonThe Impact of Globalization on TerrorismCultural ExplanationsEconomic ExplanationsReligion and <"New> " TerrorismGlobalization, Technology, and TerrorismProselytizingSecurity of Terrorist OrganizationsMobilityCombating TerrorismCounterterrorism ActivitiesConclusionFEATURES CASE STUDY US Drone Warfare: A Robotic Revolution in Modern CombatTHEORY IN PRACTICE The Realist-Theory Perspective and the War on TerrorismTHEORY IN PRACTICE The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Fighting Terrorism in the Former Communist BlocWHAT'S TRENDING? New Strategies and Tools of WarTHINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Perspectives on the Arms Race CHAPTER 7. HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN SECURITY: Amitav Acharya, Alex J. Bellamy, Chris Brown, Nicholas J. Wheeler, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker IntroductionWhat Are Human Rights?The Liberal Account of RightsHuman Rights and State SovereigntyInternational Human Rights LegislationThe Universal Declaration of Human RightsSubsequent UN LegislationEnforcement of Human Rights LegislationWhat Is Human Security?Origin of the ConceptHuman Security and DevelopmentHuman Security and RefugeesCommon SecurityHistory of Humanitarian Activism and InterventionContemporary Cases of Intervention and NoninterventionUniversalism ChallengedHumanitarian DimensionsPolitical and Economic Rights and SecurityHuman Rights and Human Security During ConflictGender, Identity, and Human SecurityThe Role of the International CommunityResponsibility to Protect, Prevent, and RebuildBasic PrinciplesConclusionFEATURES CASE STUDY A Failed InterventionCASE STUDY Afghanistan: Sleepwalking into a Great Humanitarian CrisisTHEORY IN PRACTICE Gendered Perspective on Human RightsWHAT'S TRENDING? The Human Rights NetworkTHINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS What Should Be Done? National Interests Versus Human Interests CHAPTER 8. GLOBAL TRADE AND FINANCE: Steven L. Lamy and John Masker IntroductionThe Emergence of a Global Trade and Monetary System 350 Global Trade and Finance Actors in a Globalizing EconomyCross-Border TransactionsOpen-Border TransactionsTransborder TransactionsGlobal TradeTransborder ProductionTransborder ProductsGlobal FinanceGlobal MoneyGlobal BankingGlobal SecuritiesGlobal DerivativesContinuity and Change in Economic GlobalizationIrregular IncidenceThe Persistence of TerritoryThe Survival of the StateThe Continuance of Nationalism and Cultural DiversityConclusionFEATURES THEORY IN PRACTICE Contending Views of CapitalismTHEORY IN PRACTICE Globalization and <"America First> " NationalismCASE STUDY Southern Debt in Global FinanceWHAT'S TRENDING? Managing Global Political RisksTHINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Globalization: Productive, Predatory, or Inconsequential? CHAPTER 9. POVERTY, DEVELOPMENT, AND HUNGER: Caroline Thomas, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker IntroductionPovertyDevelopmentPost-1945 International Economic Liberalism and the Orthodox Development ModelThe Post-1945 International Economic Order: ResultsEconomic Development: Orthodox and Alternative EvaluationsA Critical Alternative View of DevelopmentDemocracy, Empowerment, and DevelopmentThe Orthodoxy Incorporates CriticismsAn Appraisal of the Responses of the Orthodox Approach to Its CriticsHungerThe Orthodox, Nature-Focused Explanation of HungerThe Entitlement, Society-Focused Explanation of Hunger Globalization and Hunger ConclusionFEATURES THEORY IN PRACTICE The Terms of DevelopmentCASE STUDY Life in Zimbabwe: Poverty, Hunger, Development, and Politics WHAT'S TRENDING? Saving a LifeTHINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Development Assistance as Foreign Policy Statecraft CHAPTER 10. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: John Vogler, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker IntroductionGlobal Environmental GovernanceEnvironmental Issues on the International Agenda: A Brief History The Paris Climate Summit 2015 and 2016 From Bonn 2017 to Madrid 2019 COP 26 The Glasgow ConferenceThe Environment and International Relations TheoryThe Functions of International Environmental Cooperation Transboundary Trade and Pollution ControlMarket Strategies to Address Environmental Challenges Norm CreationAid and Capacity Building Scientific Understanding Governing the CommonsEnvironmental Regimes Climate Change ConclusionFEATURES CASE STUDY The <"Doomsday> " Seed VaultTHEORY IN PRACTICE Regime Theory and the Montreal Protocol CASE STUDY Common But Differentiated Responsibilities? WHAT'S TRENDING? Is the Human Game Coming to an End?THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS The Environment: Images and Options Glossary References Credit Index

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